Sharp painted at least four versions of Wolf Ear's portrait around 1900. (see for example, related images, #346 and 555) Four such works were exhibited at the Cincinnati Museum in 1900 and again at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC in 1901. The Smithsonian Institution purchased its version from the latter venue.

Wolf Ear

Alternate Title:

Wolf Ear, Sioux

Record ID: 256

Date: 1900

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 12 in.

Signature / Inscription: LC: J.H.SHARP. / PINE RIDGE; UR: WOLF EAR, / SIOUX

Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Accession Number: 1985.66.209,414

Provenance:

The artist: present owner by purchase, 1901

Created concurrently with Peter Hassrick's 2018 Whitney West publication The Life & Art of Joseph Henry Sharp, this online catalogue highlights more than 700 works by J.H. Sharp that are held in public collections.

Wolf Ear

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